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Re: missing irix_asm_apostrophe fixinc patch in release branch
- To: law@cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: missing irix_asm_apostrophe fixinc patch in release branch
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
- Date: 13 Aug 1999 06:01:31 -0300
- Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
- References: <14428.934529020@upchuck.cygnus.com>
On Aug 13, 1999, Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> wrote:
> In message <orso5ozyra.fsf@cupuacu.lsd.dcc.unicamp.br>you write:
>> 1999-08-07 Bruce Korb <autogen@linuxbox.com>
>>
>> * fixinc/inclhack.def(irix_asm_apostrophe): IRIX 5.2's
>> <sys/asm.h> contains an asm comment with an apostrophe
>> * fixinc/inclhack.sh: regen
>> * fixinc/fixincl.x: regen
> Well, I tried to install your patch on the branch and rebuild the generated
> files (using the latest autogen I might add) and autogen complained
> endlessly about your inclhack.def change.
What if I simply merge the patch from the trunk?
> I also saw a message from Bruce which indicated that your patch had
> a problem, so it apparently wasn't as low risk as you might have
> thought :-)
In fact, he was just cleaning up the patch so as to be extra-careful,
it would have broken just an additional assembly comment, anyway.
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